Disabled Workers Union

Disabled Workers Union

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The Disabled Workers Union advocates for the rights of disabled workers, ensuring employers meet legal obligations. We provide support, training, and a collective voice to empower members in navigating workplace challenges and achieving structural change.

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DISABLED WORKERS UNIONYour rights at work. Our collective power.Disabled workers face barriers employers are legally required to remove. We exist to make sure they do. Join a union built by and for disabled workers, one that understands the workplace from the inside.The workplace wasn't built with us in mindDisabled workers are more likely to be managed out, underpaid, denied adjustments, and left without representation when things go wrong. Employers have legal duties. We hold them to those duties.What membership meansMembership goes beyond affiliation. You get practical knowledge, training to support others, and a community of workers who have navigated what you are facing.Rights & representationSupport navigating reasonable adjustment requests, disciplinary processes, and grievances.Collective voiceYour experience shapes our work and campaigns. We speak as a movement, not just individual cases.Know your rightsPlain-language guides on the Equality Act, fit notes, adjustments, and what employers must do.Peer networkConnect with disabled workers across sectors who have been where you are and know what works.Train volunteersWe offer training to volunteers to become workplace companions and representatives, so other members have someone knowledgeable beside them when it matters most.Weekly advice drop-insEvery week we run drop-in sessions for members navigating reasonable adjustments, grievances, disciplinaries, and employment tribunal claims. Free to attend, no appointment needed.You belong here if…You are a disabled or chronically ill worker in any sector or employment statusYou support disabled workers as an allyYou want structural change, not just individual workaroundsMembership is the foundation of everything we doEvery case we support, every campaign we run, every employer we hold to account. It all starts with members. It takes a few minutes to join.Membership is open to all disabled workers and allies.
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https://www.disabledworkersunion.org.uk/

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